EDC pocket knives

[Whitey James]

Not really SASS related, but what is your pocket knife? 

I have been carrying Kershaw Ken Onion Knives for the last several years ince the are moderately priced and made in the USA.

I just ordered a Spyderco Paramilitary 2. Will be my first Spyderco knife.

[Boggus Deal #64218]

A Gerber Covert Folder, a custom Benchmade Mel Pardue and a tiny Victorinox. 

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

I've got three that are on my person any time I'm dressed for the day. 

First is a Victorinox Tinker. I've carried a knife like this since I was a teenager.

Next is an inexpensive knife from an outfit called Doom Blade, though I've seen it without those markings on it. Single blade, about 4", spring assist. Also has a seatbelt cutter and a window breaker. In addition to the one in my pocket, I have one in all my vehicles, including my Daughter's.

Finally there is a Leatherman PS 2. It's on earlier one, but it carries in my back pocket well.

[J-BAR #18287]

Cheap Gerber folder in right pants pocket, Swiss Army and coins in left pocket.  Other stuff in a sport coat.

 

Folks ask why I wear a coat in summer.  I tell them it's a backpack with sleeves.

[Doc Shapiro]

I have a Buck folder with a partial serrated blade.  Fits my needs well.

[Whitey James]

Oh yeah, I keep a Victorinox and a Leatherman in my pickup truck console so I always have access to them but I generally only carry a pocket knife day to day. If I were going hiking or camping they would be on my person for sure.

Edited June 2 by Whitey James

[Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L]

On me:

 

Buck Automatic:

 

 

Leatherman ARC:

 

Too many others to list.

[Three Foot Johnson]

Real Steel Akuma at the moment.

[Dapper Dave]

Benchmade Resistor. Don't have the CZ PCR anymore, but still have the knife, darn fine tool.

[Rye Miles #13621]

[Eyesa Horg]

K-Bar lock blade for decades and a small cheapy on my key ring. Seems now that vehicles don't have keys, I don't generally carry a knife often anymore! When I do now, it's a cheap lock blade with pocket clip from NRA.

[Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme]

Emerson mini CQC 15 in right front pocket. Leatherman (not sure which model) in center console well of the Tacoma.

[Pat Riot]

Currently it’s a CRKT M16, a Victorinox Explorer and the handiest knife ever devised, the Victorinox Classic SD.

 

I always have a Victorinox Spirit multitool nearby. 

[Rye Miles #13621]

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

1 hour ago, Eyesa Horg said:

 I don't generally carry a knife often anymore! When I do now, it's a cheap lock blade with pocket clip from NRA.

Rule 9: Never go anywhere without a knife.

[Whitey James]

I have certainly used pocket knives a million percent more than a pistol in day to day activities.

[Brazos Bottom Bill Miller]

I have a Buck 371 Stockman that I carry every day.

 

[Cypress Sun]

My Grandfather was a rancher. He would ask a hire "Do you have a pocketknife?" If the prospective hire had a knife, that was a feather in the cap so to say. If the prospective hire did not have a pocketknife, my grandfather would give him one and send him off to work. The next morning, he would ask him if he still had the knife, if he didn't....he no longer had a job either.

 

Needless to say, my Dad carried a pocketknife, as do I. Don't like mine riding in the bottom of my pocket like my father and grandfather though, pocket clip required.

Gerber for me. Got it at a garage sale for $3.00. Flips right out, locks and holds a decent edge...not a razor edge, a decent sharp edge.

[Stump Water]

36 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said:

Needless to say, my Dad carried a pocketknife, as do I. Don't like mine riding in the bottom of my pocket like my father and grandfather though, pocket clip required.

 

Ditto.

 

Currently a CRKT M16-02SS.

 

Leatherman-type multi-tool in every vehicle.

 

 

[Pat Riot]

Note: For anyone interested in a new knife, in particular the CRKT Ihave shown above. The M16, there are a number of variations of that knife. Note the blade shape. It is a b**** to sharpen with sharpening systems that clamp the blade and a stone is run over the edge. 
For those types of sharpening systems this model is much better:

https://a.co/d/4zw5Hj6

[Utah Bob #35998]

Benchmade Bugout usually. Sometimes a Kershaw OTF auto.

Edited June 2 by Utah Bob #35998

[Yul Lose]

I’ve got a liking for Benchmade knives ever since I broke the blade on one and they replaced the entire knife at no charge. I’ve got 10 or so different Benchmade knives but this is the one that I carry the most. Benchmade Redoubt.

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

PUMA Deer Hunter.

I've had it for over 65 years.

When I wore a suit, it lived in my pocket.

Weekends and now I'm retired, it's carried in a flap top holster, on my belt.

It's cleaned deer, moose, bear, ducks, geese, partridge, rabbit and fish.

Sundays, when I had counting duty at Church, it opened envelopes.

 

 

It also saved me from a mugging.

[Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428]

Spyderco Dragonfly.  Been carrying one for at least 20 years now.  Lost one once, figure it flipped out of my pocket in a parking lot.  Bought a new one of the same model.  Good size, plenty blade for EDC stuff (everything from opening packages to cutting hot pizza out of the microwave at work).  And the thumbhole for opening flips it open quick and easy one handed (since auto's are verbotten in CA).  A knife it takes two hands to open is fairly useless most of the time.

 

[Whitey James]

I also have a few Case xx knives that I don't carry except the Sodbuster Jr..

This is the same style knife my grandfather would carry in his overalls and cut a plug of his King Bee tobacco with.

 

Edited June 2 by Whitey James

[Whitey James]

15 hours ago, Dapper Dave said:

Benchmade Resistor. Don't have the CZ PCR anymore, but still have the knife, darn fine tool.

Always wanted a PCR or a P-01. I ended up getting a P-07 instead. It is my current truck gun.

[Rip Snorter]

Spyderco Byrd - titanium scales.  Does it both ways open and close (with practice) one handed.  Daily carry, does it all.

[Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L]

little 2-bladed nondescript one I've had forever.  If it had writing on it, it's long gone

 

also a P-38 on my car keys

 

[Rip Snorter]

5 minutes ago, Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L said:

little 2-bladed nondescript one I've had forever.  If it had writing on it, it's long gone

 

also a P-38 on my car keys

 

Mine Has the writing on the other side U.S. and Mallin Shelby, O.  Been on my key rings better than half a century!

[Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L]

Mine's got US G.G. Greene with 1951 below that - it was my Dad's

On one set of my keys

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

I don't mind one knife in my pocket. Personally I find a pocket clip clumsy. The others go into this pouch that lives in my other back pocket from my wallet. 

[John Kloehr]

From top to bottom, the Victoronix I carried during decades of my high tech career, the "Sheffield" (can almost still read it) box cutter I have carried for the last 10 years, and a new Civivi which may replace it:

 

[DeaconKC]

Case Stockman

[Three Foot Johnson]

[Pat Riot]

I have 3 Benchmade knives. A Mini Griptilian that I have misplaced. A Griptilian that stays with my bedroom gun. And a fixed blade Bone Collector hunting knife. 
I carry the CRKT M16 because I misplaced my Mini Griptilian. I’m pretty sure if I do find the mini I will continue carrying an M16 knife. 
I also have a CRKT M21 with Veff serrations that I called my “bike knife”. That one is the knife I carry when I am on my motorcycle.